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i see whatcha mean. that’s a problem i had with christianity, i felt like it was too “this is where it ends.” since i really think science can help explain stuff we don’t yet know, it bothers me that there’s a pull away from science in that sense

this. yes. science and stuff. yep.

everyone should see Jesus Camp. it’s nuts.

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i gotcha. like, in my faith there is the notion that there will always be more that we don’t understand and that there are things that are so beyond us that we can’t comprehend them. is that kind of what you mean, that there’s a capacity for more?

yessss yes. yes. exactly that. exactly my issue. i’m watching the documentary “Jesus Camp” and it’s making me think, that’s all.

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what do you mean feeling of incompleteness? like. as a religious person, how do you deal with feeling like you’re incomplete or something?

yeah, it’s hard to describe. i think that if i thought that i believed in something so great that it encompassed absolutely everything, i would feel like there should be even more. where as, with believing that there will never be anything that encompasses everything, i have comfort in knowing there will always be something more that i can’t explain. that might not make sense. and i’m mainly referring to christianity.

sometimes i’m jealous of people who have a religion they genuinely follow because then they have a reason to do everything they do

but at the same time, it’s like, how do they justify that feeling of incompleteness? when you are told you have everything life and beyond-life will ever offer, how do you deal with feeling like you don’t?